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In Japan, it's currently October 8th, which means it's Tetsuya Nomura's birthday! Happy birthday to one of the best dudes ever. He turns 46 today. Maybe we'll get KH3 before he turns 50?

Who do you think the two mysterious figures from the Unchained χ drawing are?

KH13 staff were at Square Enix's "Uncovered -Final Fantasy XV" event in Los Angeles on Wednesday and managed to grab an exclusive interview with director Hajime Tabata and Kingdom Hearts series creator Tetsuya Nomura, who were both at the event, sitting just a few rows ahead of us! You can read the interview below: APR 2015 | APR 2014 | APR 2013 | APR 2012

Note:Everything written here is just my own personal opinion,it is not a fact,it's not something you're forced to accept and it's not supposed to be something that you'd be forced to agreedisagree with.So please I don't wanna see comments of *Grrrr you're posing your opinion as a fact grrr* or any of those overdefensive comments I get on my threads ok?Good Okay,his work on KH aside,may I remind people that Nomura directed the FFVII Advent Children movie and is responsible for Cloud's current character interpretation that started with KH1 and carried over to Advent Children and Dissidia I know people won't like what I'm gonna say but.....I hate Advent Children,I hate Advent Children so much Aside from the issue that what happens in this movie literally affect nothing in the FFVII universe heck not even Dirge of Cerberus reference what happened in this movie or the characters in it(Denzel's existence is absolutely pointless),this movie is the start of the whole popular misconception that Cloud is a brooding emo who never smiled or joked in his life.That's basically Nomura's interpretations of Cloud Strife If you played the original FFVII you'll remember the Cloud that cracks snarky jokes and makes fun of Barret,the Cloud that cross-dressed as a girl to sneak into Don Corneo's mansion,the Cloud that acted humorously in the Gold Saucer's theater play,the Cloud that,despite the firetrucked up shit he gone through still manages to be maintain his cool even in dire situations HE WASN'T THAT MONOTONE EMO THAT NOMURA MADE HIM TO BE WHO FOR SOME REASON FINDS THE GROUND CAPTIVATING IN HIS OFFICIAL ARTWORKS Even in Dissidia Cloud couldn't escape Nomura's brooding interpretation of him and before you tell me,yes I know Nomura designed FFVII's characters,but the concept and the scenario was all by both Kitase and Sakaguchi,ever since Nomura took over with Advent Children things were going downhill for Cloud and the extended FFVII compilation(And no Crisis Core wasn't directed by Nomura iirc) Which leads us to the topic at hand,like many others I was hyped beyond any simplence of belief that the remake was announced,I was so hyped ....until I saw two things 1 And I stated my reasons above and 2During interviews they stated that there're going to be changes to the STORY!This concerns me on so many levels....soooo many levels If they changed way too much in the story might as well end up looking like a reboot than a remake,I hope the changes are only minimal story-wise to make the game accurate to the additions that was added with Crisis Core and Before Crisis.I'm worried because since Kitase is no longer the director and Sakaguchi no longer being at Square for the scenario that Nomura might do as he pleases with this and shove his interpretation of Cloud into the game and cut stuff out that the fans liked from the original game both in story and gameplay(I swear if the Gold Saucer didn't have the mini-games or he omitted chocobo racingbreeding I'll be absolutely livid) Look,I'm not a Nomura hater by any means cuz I myself a fan of some of his works like Dissidia and the Kingdom Hearts series,but with how he directed Advent Children and the way he handled the handheld KH entries(and the existence of KH x(chi) in itself) just doesn't make me trust him enough as a director Also,one last personal wish of mine that people might not like,I wish that,once Tabata is done with FF XV that they'll put him in charge of the FFVII remake instead of Nomura later on And now,I'm fully ready for the accusations of forcing my opinion and defensive comments claiming that I shoved it as a fact down their throat when I really didn't

It'd be cool if it were a style similar to this

DisneyExaminer had the privilege of interviewing Tetsuya Nomura, the director of the Kingdom Hearts series at the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX North American launch event. The interview discusses Disney, various favourites of Nomura's and a decade of Kingdom Hearts. You can read it below, in full thanks to DisneyExaminer. Spoiler Click here to view the article

It has been revealed by Geoff Keighley, the creator and producer of The Game Awards in one of the nominee livestreams that Tetsuya Nomura, director of the Kingdom Hearts series will be in attendance at The Game Awards 2014. The Game Awards 2014 will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on Friday, December 5, 2014. No details about why he'll be in attendance were revealed. Click here to view the article

Just thought I'd make an official topic for Final Fantasy XV to compile our thoughts and discussions. I will (or if Sora96 wants to, he can) compile all the information that we've got so far. Tabata Talks About Game Development & Future Ambitions http://kh13.com/forum/topic/81554-tabata-talks-about-game-development-future-ambitions/ Final Fantasy XV Release Date Set Internally http://kh13.com/forum/topic/81425-ffxv-release-date-set-internally/ Final Fantasy XV World Exploration & Tech Demo http://kh13.com/forum/topic/81296-the-latest-final-fantasy-xv-video-%E2%80%93-now-in-english/ Few Type-0 HD and FFXV demo things confirmed http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79858-few-type-0-hd-and-ffxv-demo-things-confirmed/ Final Fantasy XV Flash Talk Show http://kh13.com/forum/topic/80690-final-fantasy-xv-flash-talk-show/ Final Fantasy XV Will Take 40 Hours to Clear http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79908-final-fantasy-xv-will-take-40-hours-to-clear/ Tabata Wants FFXV to have One-Button Action http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79736-tabata-wants-to-make-ffxv-more-casual-one-button-action/ High-Res Pre-Rendered Artwork http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79510-new-full-high-res-artwork-ffxv-and-type-0-hd/ New FFXV and Type-0 HD screenshots released http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79808-new-ffxv-and-type-0-hd-screenshots-released/ Final Fantasy XV is 50-60% Complete http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79678-ffxv-is-50-60-complete/ Type-0 HD releasing March 17 in NA and a FFXV demo in 2015 http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79637-type-0-hd-releasing-march-17-in-na-and-a-ffxv-demo-in-2015/ FINAL FANTASY XV TGS 2014 TRAILER http://kh13.com/forum/topic/79581-final-fantasy-xv-tgs-2014-trailer/ Tetsuya Nomura steps down as Final Fantasy XV director to focus on Kingdom Hearts III http://kh13.com/news/tetsuya-nomura-steps-down-as-final-fantasy-xv-director-to-focus-on-kingdom-hearts-iii Final Fantasy XV 1080p 60 FPS TGS Trailer http://youtu.be/r9CtG7N0POc Geh, it's so much! I don't know if I'll compile our Versus XIII stuff with it - maybe just as it was rebranded.

Still photos of the video Tetsuya Nomura produced with Visual Works have been put up online, which can be viewed below: What do you think Nomura could do with Hatsune Miku in the future? Could it be a game, or something else entirely? Source: http://www.siliconera.com/2014/10/09/tetsuya-nomura-hopes-miku-collaboration-will-lead-something-surprising/#Edqlh7Qpi2hjMCyy.99

Tetsuya Nomura, director of the Kingdom Hearts series has designed an artwork piece for Final Fantasy XI, Square Enix's first ever MMORPG and most profitable title ever. The artwork has been designed and released as Square Enix is holding a campaign to bring back Final Fantasy XI players and are holding various sales to encourage players to return. You can view the artwork below. Thanks go to Siliconera for the tip.

Tetsuya Nomura has made a design for virtual singer Hatsune_Miku to be used for a new VARIANT PLAY ARTS -KAI- Series Figurine To go along with this, a giant poster has been pasted on the MIKU EXPO gallery buliding in New York You can see images of the figure below:

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The director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tetsuya Nomura has designed a Vincent Valentine themed T-shirt and bag for Halloween 2014. The design is a fully red image of Vincent on a back background. Vincent Valentine appeared in Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and his very own game, Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-. Cloud Strife's design in the first Kingdom Hearts game was based off Vincent Valentine as Vincent was originally considered instead of Cloud. The co-director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tai Yasue also recently stated he'd like to see Vincent Valentine appear in a Kingdom Hearts title as well but explained you'd preferably have to see him come out of a coffin like a vampire. Would you like to see Vincent Valentine appear in a future Kingdom Hearts title? You can view pictures of the T-shirt and bag below.

In this weeks issue of Famitsu weekly magazine, Nomura held an interview where he talked about his latest collaboration with the vocaloid Hatsune Miku, and talked about the possibility of creating a game During the interview, Nomura talks about his latest Hatsune Miku collaboration and, regarding a video game, says that “the possibility is there,” and that he’s thinking about working together with Shinji Hashimoto to brainstorm various developments on this front. He emphasizes that if they were to do a collaboration, it would be up to Vocaloid producers Crypton Future Media to decide, and if they were satisfied with the recent drawing and CG animation, then there should be room for various plans. Crypton has previously collaborated with SEGA to create the Project DIVA series In case you missed it: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/80570-nomura-believes-that-the-hatsune-miku-collab-will-lead-to-something-surprising/ What type of game could Nomura be thinking of? A rhythm game like SEGA did or something else? Leave your thoughts! Source: http://www.siliconera.com/2014/10/14/tetsuya-nomura-discusses-possibility-hatsune-miku-game-collaboration/#e9UO4ESdjH87uZUc.99

Tetsuya Nomura, director of the Kingdom Hearts series has stepped down as director of Final Fantasy XV, the title that has been in development since 2006 by the team who developed both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda has released a statement that confirms Nomura will be focusing his efforts on Kingdom Hearts III. You can read this below thanks to Square Enix. Update 2: Tetsuya Nomura has answered why he stepped down as director of Final Fantasy XV in the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly. Thanks to sqexgal for the translation, you can read it below. Update: Square Enix Europe have provided some extra insight about Nomura's change within these two projects, and this can be read below. Spoiler Click here to view the article

Sup, how ya doing? So, I wanted to ask you guys a big, big, big favor, ENORMOUS. Do you know how can I contact Square Enix? It's not about customer service, it's about.. joining them. I'm a Musician and personally started to Love Music thanks to Yoko Shimomura's Music in the Kingdom Hearts series, she's what inspires me. My Music genre is, in fact, mainly VG Music and Movie SoundTracks. Lately I've been sending an e-mail to a CEO working for a very famous movie franchise because my father, listening to my latest composition, said he could actually imagine it as a SoundTrack for the next movie of that franchise; but I strongly think that, even though I do make Movie SoundTracks genre, my composing style isn't adequate for that movie franchise but would definitely fit in a Fantasy context instead, which is very familiar in Square Enix videogames. I know that making Music for Kingdom Hearts would be out of discussion because Yoko Shimomura is the only composer, but I have to admit that it would be HELLA cool if I could participate in the project Anyway, my request is for Square Enix in general, hoping me and my Music could have a place. The perfect thing would be working with both Tetsuya Nomura and Yoko Shimomura :'D (one can dream). One more thing, if that doesn't make this more impossible than it is already, I'd like to ask you if you know how can I contact Yoko Shimomura as well. This is mainly because I want to give her the biggest thanks she could ever receive, even though it would be awesome if I could collaborate with her as I said previously So guys, can you help me? Many, many, MANY thanks in advance!